In 8 years we became the beggars of Europe –

/ world today news/ “In 8 years we became the beggars of Europe”. This was stated by the leader of the list of candidates for municipal councilors from BSP Kaloyan Pargov. He participated in a debate on Radio K2 on the topic “Does EU and NATO membership help my city?”.

“From 1990 to 2007, the main priority was Euro-Atlantic integration. The government of Sergey Stanishev was to blame for this. Under him, Bulgaria entered the EU and he scored the winning goal,” commented the leader of BSP Sofia. “However, in the past 8 years we have become the beggars of Europe. We are constantly waiting for the next tranche. However, no one thinks about their complex solution. In Sofia, a lot of resources have been absorbed what is not done by the municipality”.

According to Kaloyan Pargov, half of Sofia’s 1.5 billion budget was European funds, defensible from Brussels and predictable under any government. Therefore, it cannot be said that this was the merit of Borisov, Stanishev or Oresharski only.

“The problem is that Sofia moves at two speeds – on the yellow cobblestones and on the ghettos,” Kaloyan Pargov pointed out. funds should also be directed to the outermost neighborhoods”.

The leader of BSP Sofia recalled that the differences between the center and neighborhoods such as “Lyulin” or “Hadji Dimitar” are quite large. The metro is really the pride of all Sofians, believes Pargov, but we should also thank those statesmen from the 70s, accused of various things, who planned this metro so that it could happen now with European funds.

Kaloyan Pargov explained that the Law for Sofia should be complex and related to the development strategy of the capital for the next 50 years. As Sofia currently does not have.

“We have all flown by plane and see what a ‘green’ city means in other countries – not only that there are parks, but also that the residential districts, the houses, the blocks are surrounded by greenery. This is a ‘green’ city. That you have 5 the park does not mean that the city is green”, Pargov is categorical.

BSP leader Sofia recalled that many of GERB’s prides were actually realized with the enormous help of BSP when it was in power. “Stanishev gave 100 million for the “Southern Arc” so that Borisov could cut the ribbon, “The Northern Tangent” was realized, thanks to Oresharski and the Sofia MPs – thanks to Boychev, Svilenski, and all colleagues from Sofia. who stood up for the government and lobbied for this project to happen!” Kaloyan Pargov also pointed out.